fhansen
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We can still leave Him; He does not force His grace upon us but respects our freedom to choose, the gift of freedom that He gave man to begin with in order for him to work out his salvation, to choose good over evil, life over death, to choose love, to put it another way, to choose Him to put it best. To the extent that we love God with our whole heart, soul, mind, and strength we’ve attained the very purpose we were created for.We are not under law, but under grace. The Lord Himself is our Shepherd. He wrote into our hearts and minds everything He wanted us to be. From our new hearts, we love God, we love our neighbors, we abhore sin, we love righteousness. Before we make any moves in our lives, He quides us, not by pointing us to His laws, but by His Spirit making a direct appeal to our spirits. When we walk with Him where He leads, then we fulfil all the righteous requirements of the law.
We are not under law, but under grace. When we fail to walk follow Him where He leads, He corrects us. He does't do it by pointing us to the law and demanding we obey it. He does it through a direct appeal from His Spirit to ours, not threatening eternal damnation, but giving us grief until we change our minds. We don't need to worry about waking up one day a million miles away from God, because He will never leave us in sin without correction. He is a good Father. If anyone does not experience His correction, he is not His because He corrects everyone He loves (Hebrews 12:5-12).
We are not under law, but under grace. The law is good if it is used lawfully. It is not made for a righteous person, but for the urighteous to lead them to Christ. But after Christ comes, the law is not needed. We have the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in our hearts. We are complete in Him. We do not live under the prospect that He will ever leave us or forsake us. We are not under law, but under grace.
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